Remote fiber-optic chemical sensing using evanescent-wave interactions in chalcogenide glass fibers

Applied Optics

Volumn 30, Issue 27, 1991, Pages 3944-3951

  Heo, Jong ^a   Rodrigues, Monica ^a   Saggese, Steven J ^a   Sigel, George H ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chalcogenide glass fiber; Evanescent wave; Fiber optic sensors; Remote spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000967984     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.30.003944     Document Type: Article

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